Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home ...

Displaying ancestral remains such as Egyptian mummies in museums is offensive, MPs have claimed. Members of the All-Party ...

The king's mummy and sarcophagus are missing from the royal tomb, which is the second of its kind unearthed this year ...

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After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

Displaying Egyptian mummies and other human remains in museums ... It cites the British Museum, Natural History Museum and several universities among the offenders, and claims they represent ...

One museum visitor in Edinburgh was horrified to see stolen body parts belonging to his 19th century ancestors on display ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

This mummy provides a unique window into the funerary practices during the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egypt. It is currently housed at the Egypt Museum in Cairo. The complex arrangement of ...

Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the ...